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Now that PAWS has come and gone it is time to begin focusing in our our spring concert! This year the spring concert will be held on May 18th, 2016 in the Nativity Community Center. The concert will begin at 7:00pm and should finish around 8pm. Our students should currently be working on the songs listed below, please be sure as the weather improves to continue to encourage your students to practice daily. We have selected some very challenging music for this years spring show and NONE of it will be do-able if students are not working on it daily.
I know the last few weeks have been crazy between our school musical + easter break. I plan to make up as many of our missed lessons in the 2nd trimester as possible by following the schedule posted below for the next two weeks (3/29-4/8). Please remember that not all missed weeks will be made up in the same trimester as there is only so many hours in the day that the music room is available for lessons. We always block a few hours of make up instruction time during our dress rehearsal which will be held May 16th, 2016 from 3:30 to 5:30 before the spring show. However, I will be doing my best to keep up with some of the missed lessons as to not allow the groups to digress. ***I believe Mr. Gooding and Mrs. Ferrio have been on track with many of their lesson schedules any makeup time for them is currently planned for our dress rehearsal.*** Mr. Gooding was just in a few Mondays ago for a makeup with our beginner orchestra and has offered to do a few more Monday lessons closer to the concert to make sure students are prepared these times/dates are currently TBA.
Our 3rd Trimester of band has begun (March 14th- May 27th) and Tuition statements will be coming home later this week. Please remember to make checks payable to Nativity Bands LLC. Sending in your tuition in a timely manner is pivotal to the success of our spring show as we are still ordering, purchasing, and paying for music/equipment for our concert.
Thank you all for your flexibility during this very crazy time in our winter/spring schedule! April-May should be a much smoother time in our lesson schedules. Thank you again for your continued support, have a wonderful day!
Schedule for 3/29-4/8
Beginner Guitar:
Meet Mondays & Wednesdays from 8:00am-8:30am
Meet @ Lunch Monday & Wednesdays from 12:50-1:20
We will also meet Friday 4/1 during lunch to make up for easter week!
Advanced Guitar:
Meet Tuesdays after school 3:00-4:00 (Hour lessons to make up for missed time last two weeks)
Meet Fridays @ Lunch from 12:20-12:50
Percussion Ensemble:
Fridays after school: 3:15-4:15 (Hour lessons to make up for missed time last two weeks)
Current Song Selections students should be practicing:
Beginner Guitar-
Centuries - Fall Out Boy (Coming home this week)
Get Back- Beatles
Advanced Guitar-
Space Oddity- David Bowie
Jurassic Park- John Williams
Wind Ensemble-
National Anthem (Coming home this week)
Everything is Awesome - (ALL STUDENTS)
Jurassic Park (Optional challenge piece for Intermediate/advanced players)
Beginner Orchestra-
Beginners- Twinkle Twinkle, When the Saints
1 Stars: When the saints, Ode to Joy
Advanced Orchestra:
Choral (4 part harmony)
Jurassic Park
Percussionist:
Everything is Awesome
Jurassic Park
6/8 Drum Groove-
Get Back Drum Groove-
Space Oddity (Coming home this week)
Centuries (Coming home this week)
